Co-Founder (Hardware Engineer)

We make digital content provably authentic at the hardware level.

AI-generated media is indistinguishable from reality. Software detection doesn’t work. \ At mutual, we’re building cryptographic signing directly into camera hardware, so content is authenticated the moment it’s captured, before it ever touches software.

Corporate introduction: Introducing mutual \ Whitepaper (PDF): Signing Right Away

Backed By #

Kay Kyungsik Woo · Founder & CEO of MVL Labs, the company behind TADA, a ride-hailing platform operating across Southeast Asia powered by MVL Chain. Kay brings deep experience in building trust infrastructure for real-world applications.

What You’ll Build #

• Cryptographic accelerators on FPGA (AES-GCM/CCM, authenticated encryption)
• Secure pipelines between image sensors and trusted execution environments
• Reference implementation for our SRA (Signing Right Away) architecture

Requirements #

• Verilog or HDL experience
• Can go full-time between Winter 2025 – Spring 2026

Nice to Have #

• Crypto accelerator design experience
• MIPI CSI-2 / camera interface knowledge

What We Offer #

• Default 10%, up to 20% equity · true co-founder stake
• Hybrid-remote · work remotely, but able to be in Seoul periodically for in-person collaboration
• Hard technical problem with real-world impact

Interested? → jangyejun@gmail.com

This post was drafted with the help of Claude. All research, decisions, and editorial judgment are my own.